The Artists Gift

"A desperate scream rose to the rafters, reverberated off the leaded glass windows and flew towards the chancel, before being cut dead as the east end of the church was obliterated by the force of the bomb. Stone fell, glass shattered and wood splintered; then came silence."

Helen, a young war widow, travels to a wedding in Lydd. The small town near the Kent coast is on the front-line as Luftwaffe bombers regularly pass through the skies. From the parapet of the church tower, a look-out can only watch with terror, as a plane heads directly towards the church. A direct hit on the chancel leads to a death of a much loved family member, and for Helen a chance to start her life afresh.

Following the fortunes of Helen, her family and close friends, this novel takes readers from that fateful day in 1940 through to the end of WW2, and on to a family reunion in the late 1950s. Real wartime events are seen through the eyes of fictional characters in this sequel to Secrets of the Shingle and Stranger on the Point.